diff --git a/crates/trie/sparse/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/sparse/Cargo.toml
index 26d036f57ff9..1c5bb7d8a33e 100644
--- a/crates/trie/sparse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/sparse/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ rand.workspace = true
 [[bench]]
 name = "root"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "rlp_node"
+harness = false
diff --git a/crates/trie/sparse/benches/rlp_node.rs b/crates/trie/sparse/benches/rlp_node.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57ab52978b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trie/sparse/benches/rlp_node.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#![allow(missing_docs, unreachable_pub)]
+
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use alloy_primitives::{B256, U256};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use prop::strategy::ValueTree;
+use proptest::{prelude::*, test_runner::TestRunner};
+use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
+use reth_testing_utils::generators;
+use reth_trie::Nibbles;
+use reth_trie_sparse::RevealedSparseTrie;
+
+pub fn update_rlp_node_level(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut rng = generators::rng();
+
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("update rlp node level");
+    group.sample_size(20);
+
+    for size in [100_000] {
+        let mut runner = TestRunner::new(ProptestConfig::default());
+        let state = proptest::collection::hash_map(any::<B256>(), any::<U256>(), size)
+            .new_tree(&mut runner)
+            .unwrap()
+            .current();
+
+        // Create a sparse trie with `size` leaves
+        let mut sparse = RevealedSparseTrie::default();
+        for (key, value) in &state {
+            sparse
+                .update_leaf(Nibbles::unpack(key), alloy_rlp::encode_fixed_size(value).to_vec())
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        sparse.root();
+
+        for updated_leaves in [0.1, 1.0] {
+            for key in state
+                .keys()
+                .choose_multiple(&mut rng, (size as f64 * (updated_leaves / 100.0)) as usize)
+            {
+                sparse
+                    .update_leaf(
+                        Nibbles::unpack(key),
+                        alloy_rlp::encode_fixed_size(&rng.gen::<U256>()).to_vec(),
+                    )
+                    .unwrap();
+            }
+
+            // Calculate the maximum depth of the trie for the given number of leaves
+            let max_depth = (size as f64).log(16.0).ceil() as usize;
+
+            for depth in 0..=max_depth {
+                group.bench_function(
+                    format!("size {size} | updated {updated_leaves}% | depth {depth}"),
+                    |b| {
+                        // Use `iter_custom` to avoid measuring clones and drops
+                        b.iter_custom(|iters| {
+                            let mut elapsed = Duration::ZERO;
+
+                            let mut cloned = sparse.clone();
+                            for _ in 0..iters {
+                                let start = Instant::now();
+                                cloned.update_rlp_node_level(depth);
+                                elapsed += start.elapsed();
+                                cloned = sparse.clone();
+                            }
+
+                            elapsed
+                        })
+                    },
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+criterion_group!(rlp_node, update_rlp_node_level);
+criterion_main!(rlp_node);
diff --git a/crates/trie/sparse/benches/root.rs b/crates/trie/sparse/benches/root.rs
index bc221a8f8313..30ce566fb5f6 100644
--- a/crates/trie/sparse/benches/root.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/sparse/benches/root.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs, unreachable_pub)]
+
 use alloy_primitives::{map::HashMap, B256, U256};
 use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
 use itertools::Itertools;
diff --git a/crates/trie/sparse/src/trie.rs b/crates/trie/sparse/src/trie.rs
index 8d65378f614e..9a7ea10be626 100644
--- a/crates/trie/sparse/src/trie.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/sparse/src/trie.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl SparseTrie {
 /// - Each leaf entry in `nodes` collection must have a corresponding entry in `values` collection.
 ///   The opposite is also true.
 /// - All keys in `values` collection are full leaf paths.
-#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct RevealedSparseTrie {
     /// All trie nodes.
     nodes: HashMap<Nibbles, SparseNode>,